pope john paul ii ronald reagan and -- ronald reagan and pope john paul ii change the world and significantly affected europe. the lives of people like me, of people from the former communist central and eastern europe, i believe in the law of comparative advantages and i'm always trying to maximize my comparative advantages. this time, i am afraid i have a comparative disadvantage here. i am not and i don't pretend to be an expert, a lifelong expert of ronald reagan or on pope john paul ii. nevertheless, they are part of my life and my personal experience. let me see a -- let me see a few words. let me start with two factual remarks. first, i am not convinced that we should speak so sure on lake as it has been done to speak about partnership between ronald reagan and john paul ii. as i see it, it was at the very most and implicit partnership only. they defended freedom and traditional western conservative attitudes. there is no doubt that the synergetic effect was considerable. the communist central europe felt it. most of them were a great inspiration for us. our communist leaders on the co

no one knew ronald reagan better , and this is ronald reagan -- attorney general meese. if edwin meese is not a good man, there are no good men. welcome. >> thank you. [applause] i have two quotations, both from 1982. one is the historian arthur/injured junior after a visit to moscow -- arthur slessinger junior. after a visit to moscow. the second is ronald reagan addressing the british parliament. in an ironic sense, karl marx was right. we are witnessing a revolutionary crisis, but the crisis is happening not in the west, but in the soviet union. close quote. how did ronald reagan of illinois miss what the great -- arthn arthur/injure ur slessinger junior missed? >> ronald reagan went into the study of communism with an open mind and it was not determined by his ideology, as i suspect was misguided's by his own ideology. reagan, most people to realize, ronald reagan was a mauritius reader. he had studied the founding. he was well-versed in the constitution. he was well-versed in the bible. he had an enormous repertoire of information he used. the discussion was given t

no one knew ronald reagan better, and this is ronald reagan on attorney general meese. if edwin meese is not a good man, there are no good men. welcome. >> thank you. [applause] >> i have two quotations, both from 1982. one is the story and -- historian arthur slessinger junior. after a visit to moscow. those who think the soviet union's is on the verge of collapse is getting themselves. the second is ronald reagan addressing the british parliament. quotes, in an ironic sense, karl marx was right. we are witnessing a great revolutionary crisis, but the crisis is happening not in the west, but in the soviet union. close quote. how did ronald reagan of missa college in illinois what the great historian arthur slessinger junior missed? i beg your pardon, how did he see what he missed? >> one of the things is ronald reagan went into the study of communism with an open mind and it was not determined by his ideology, as i suspect mr. slessinger's was misguided by his own ideology. ronald reagan, first of all, most people do not realize ronald reagan was a voracious reader. he

no one knew ronald reagan better, and this is ronald reagan and his attorney general, if he is not a good man, then there are no good men. welcome. >> thank you. >> [ applause ] to quotations, both from 1982. one is the historian arthur schlesinger junior writing after a visit to moscow, quote, those in the u.s. that think that the soviet union is on the verge of collapse, are getting themselves. the second is ronald reagan addressing the british parliament also 1982, quote, in an ironic sense, karl marx was right, we are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, but, the crisis is happening on the west by the soviet union. ". >> how did ronald reagan of eureka college in illinois, miss what the great historian arthur schlesinger junior of harvard, and beg you, how did ronald reagan see what he was missing. one of the things is that ronald reagan went into the study of communism with an open mind. [ laughter ] and, was not determined by his ideology. as i suspect that mister's lesson jurors at least was somewhat missed chided -- misguided by his ideology. with ronald reagan, fir

ronald reagan believed in honest government. he and the democratic speaker of the house, tip o'neill fought like cats and dogs over the major issues of the day of welfare, taxes, the budget, covert military operations and social security just to name a few. but they maintain respect for each other's positions and they got this done. they were bitter rivals, but only until 6:00 p.m. each day when a cease-fire prevailed. often, reagan would call tip o'neill and say hello, tip, is that after 6:00 at which point they might chat companionably like to 7-year-old irishman were dipped into the president's liquor cabinet. ken duberstein who was president reagan's last chief of staff and coincidently my childhood camp counselor mourns the wonderful evenings the staff spent socializing, dining, talking in playing card with colleagues, most of them democrats. but those days are gone duberstein told me expressing great regret. today he said, if anyone is seen with someone of the opposite party, it could end their careers. there was also reag

what would ronald reagan say? what would john paul ll say? some of the countries of eastern central europe today are facing new challenges to freedom, from russia and non- democratic political forces. how should they be handling these challenges? some of these same countries are chasing -- facing threats of contradiction and criticism from the european union. how well does this conflict bowed for the future of liberty inside of your up? these are hard questions but i am confident that what we have learned today can help us answer them. so to help you with that task libel close and say thank you for having me and you will have a distinguished panel of speakers to help grapple with some of these issues and help some of these questions. i say god bless all of you and thank you for hanging out there. thank you. >>> please welcome your moderator. please welcome our minister. lee edwards and -- lee edwards. >> we have before us an extremely interesting panel which has been provoked by an extremely powerful and interesting speech. i would like -- i

with ronald reagan, most people don't realize ronald reagan was a voracious reader. he liked the study. he had studied the founding. he was well-versed in the constitution. he was well-versed in the bible. he had an enormous repertoire of information he used. that is why the discussion was given this morning about his speech writing. before he would do anything else, before the speech writers would get working, he would give the concept of the speech. then later on as they went, he edited based upon all the things he knew. one of the things he knew was communism. because in the 1940's when he was president of the screen actors guild, as he called it, his union, the communist party usa was trying to take over the movie industry. they wanted to use it for propaganda obviously. they were infiltrating the various unions. they tried to take over the screen actors guild. ronald reagan literally let all -- literally led all of those unions in defeating the communists. that got him interested in the subject. he read a great deal about it, both domestic communism, communism t

this is from a conference organized by the white house writers group titled ronald reagan and john paul second, the partnership that changed the world. calling his remarks, we continue the conference coverage with a discussion about the cold war legacies of the president and the pole. later, remarks from the u.s. ambassador to the vatican. but first, vaclav klaus and his remarks are about 50 minutes. [ applause ] >> with the soviet union invaded czechoslovakia in 1968, our next guest was forced out of the academy of sciences. to anyone years later, he became a member of the civic form. three years after that, he became the first non-communist czechoslovakian minister of finance. to call him a non-communist does not even begin to do him justice. a member of this society, he is an ardent advocacy of free markets. he served twice as prime minister and two terms as president of the czech republic after his country had endured more than four decades of faceless communist bureau cans. he was then presented as a man who knew his mind and how to express it. no one, and i think this is fair to s

pope john paul ii ronald reagan and -- ronald reagan and pope change the world and significantly affected europe. the lives of people like me, of people from the former communist , itral and eastern europe believe in the law of comparative advantages and i'm always trying to maximize my comparative advantages. i have a, i am afraid comparative disadvantage here. i am not and i don't pretend to be an expert, a lifelong expert of ronald reagan or on pope john paul ii. nevertheless, they are part of my life and my personal experience. let me see a -- let me see a few words. let me start with two factual remarks. first, i am not convinced that we should speak so sure on lake to speak been done about partnership between ronald reagan and john paul ii. as i see it, it was at the very most and implicit partnership only. they defended freedom and traditional western conservative attitudes. there is no doubt that the effect was considerable. communist central europe felt it. most of them were a great inspiration for us. our communist leaders on the contrary, regarded them as a threat. this was my

and with ronald reagan, it is the famous thomas paine one. we have it in our power to make over the world again. i think if we can take those they would inspire estimate necessary advances, reforms we need to make this country and the world a lot better. thank you for indulging me, john. hope i will never make a mistake using the term populism in my speeches, in my remarks. label, a label, a wrong misused label, it is not an analytical term. so i would suggest never allow people to use the term populism, because it is an artificial attack of the political elites and all those who would disagree with what is going on. this is my very strong statement. [applause] and optimism. german saying,us optimism is an obligation. and i agree. ms. anders: i agree with what lee has said. the lastlivan: question was going to be, will emmanuel macron save europe, but we do not have time. i ask you to show your appreciation for this tremendous panel. [applause] announcer: next, on the presidency, we continue our coverage from the right from the white house wr

difference ina the minds of both ronald reagan and john paul ii. number two, friends and allies matter. you can't do it alone. and both reagan and john paul ii realized there can't be one single power, even the great and mighty united states of america. friends and allies matter. three, this has almost been a daylong mass in one sense with the very real presence of the father, son, and holy spirit. in other words, god matters. that was certainly one thing that came out very clearly in this. it mattered to reagan, it mattered to john paul ii, it mattered to so many of the people around them. four, morality matters. both ronald reagan and john paul ii understood that what was involved here was a moral struggle. and that there was not a moral equivalence between east and west. between the soviet union and the united states. between the the forces of democracy and the forces of communism. five, and i think this is perhaps the most important . leadership matters. you must have the right leaders. you must have men and women who dare to speak out against

filmss worked on several including ronald reagan, rhonda do -- rendezvous with destiny. she has worked in the u.s. congress. she has many gifts. sung for two decades here in washington. speakerarried to former newt gingrich. please welcome ambassador gingrich. [applause] thank you.h: good afternoon. it is an honor to be here. i would like to thank clark judge, the white house writers group, the victims of communism memorial foundation, the polish national foundation, and the ronald reagan foundation and institute for the opportunity to be with you today. as the u.s. abbasid or to the holy see, a lifelong catholic, and a polish-american, i am delighted to share my thoughts with you on the historic partnership between president ronald reagan and saint upon -- saint john paul ii. often asked to explain the benefits of maintaining the u.s. mission to the vatican. after all, the territory of the holy see occupied less than one quarter of one square mile. so why do we need an embassy? the answer is rooted in history. of 1979 during pope john paul ii's nine day pilgrimage to po

and with ronald reagan, it is the famous thomas paine one. we have it in our power to make over the world again. i think if we can take those away from us, they would inspire estimate necessary advances, reforms we need to make this country and the world a lot better. thank you for indulging me, john. i hope i will never make a mistake using the term populism in my speeches, in my remarks. this is a label, a wrong label, misused label, it is not an analytical term. so i would suggest never allow people to use the term populism, because it is an artificial attack of the political elites and all those who would disagree with what is going on. this is my very strong statement. [applause] and optimism. there is a famous german saying, optimism is an obligation. and i agree. i agree with what lee has said. the last question was going to be, will emmanuel macron save europe, but we do not have time. [laughter] i ask you to show your appreciation for this tremendous panel. [applause] next, on the presidency, we continue our coverage from the right f

ronald reagan had a grand strategy. it was to harness all of the different instruments of power, as paula eloquently describes, in order to compete in the cold war. the cold war was not simply an aircraft intersecting each other over the bering strait or north atlantic and submarines chasing each other. it was a war of ideas, of philosophies of life, and so on. as policy that, central to it was presidential rhetoric. the president told the truth. he told the truth. he said truths about the nature of the soviet system, which all his predecessors, except maybe john f. kennedy, all the president predecessors censored themselves. if you are languishing in the gulags, what do you think when american presidents are playing kissy-face with their oppressors, like carter did? moscow is so powerful, even the americans have to go along with the political correct party line that this is a legitimate regime and there is nothing objectionable about it. so ronald reagan broke the self censorship. when he said evil empire, his words re

>> ronald reagan was a leader. ronald reagan came into the white house with a vision. this did not happen suddenly. vision,urpose, he had and it was a platform he definitively campaigned on and then not just only one the election, but executed. what is remarkable when you think about it is the consistency of purpose and the the book.ch as in true, the integrated diplomacy. there was a strategy. all the elements were tied together. the economic components. crucial to this execution. also the military. the military in the sense of focus ofs was the peace through strength. you had a president who had a in, putting in place all the elements and executing. it was a privilege to be part of that team and that execution. i want to askeve, you to establish the background. how bad was it? geo-strategy, of the soviets have entrenched themselves in cuba and africa, on and on it goes. this is the background is ronald reagan takes office. john, is this something we could have lived with? as a matter of geo-strategy, how bad is the situation ronald reagan inherits when he takes the o

ronald reagan, margaret --tcher, and john paul ii all these characteristics. ity were exceptional -- was probabilityal, coincidence? mankind deserves it. i am pessimistic. thank you for your attention. [applause] announcer: next come on the presidency we continue coverage from the white house writers' group conference looking at the cold war partnership with president ronald reagan and pope john paul ii. speakers consider how their relationship fits into the story of cold war politics. from, we will hear callista gingrich, u.s. ambassador to the vatican. the executive vice president of the hero to foundation served at the state department and on the defense policy board, and before taking up his present position, he is the

>> ronald reagan, was a leader, ronald reagan came into the white house with a vision. this did not happen suddenly. he had a purpose, he had a vision, and it was a platform that he also definitively campaigned on, and then, not just only came into place, and winning the election, but then executing. what is remarkable when you think about it, is the consistency of purpose, and the way in which, as in doctor lynch oski's book, full- spectrum, the integrated diplomacy, there was a goal there was a vision there was a strategy, and all the elements were tied together. in terms of political elements. the economic components, public diplomacy, absolutely being crucial also, to this execution, and then also the military. the military in the sense of defense and in terms of the slogan, peace through strength, so, here you had a president, you have a vision, coming in, putting into place all of the elements and executing. it was a real privilege to be part of the team, and that execution.>> john and steve i want to ask you to help establish the background. how bad was it? >> so

ronald reagan was elated. at the time, he had a popular radio show and dedicated numerous broadcast to the historic trip of the pope. in one of his broadcast, reagan summarized the pokes pilgrimage say it has been a long time since we have seen a leader of sids courage and such uncompromising education to simple morality. a few months later, in november 1979, the former governor of california and now candidacy for president of united states. soon after taking office, president reagan requested a meeting with pope john paul ii, and with the two leaders met in vatican city in 1982, president reagan asked pope john paul ii at one point would eastern europe -- europe be free from soviet domination? when the pope responded in our lifetime, the president grabbed his hand and stated fervently let's work together. when president reagan returned to the united states, he instructed the state department to work more closely with the vatican and ordered a full- fledged embassy. two years later in 1984, the united states e

ronald reagan, a strong defense. both of them law and order, law enforcement all of the things that you and i grew up to believe in. what's hard about this? nothing. to say what you going to do and do it. notice i just said just say what you going to do and do it, not just do it but we'll get to that later. now, both of them were in their 70s when they become president. both of them were divorced, and amazingly hooked right into the evangelical community. because people saw that the one up talking out of both sides of their mouth. they said what they meant and they meant what they said. there's a real listen to these men. they are earthly. these are guys, and i know donald trump in a way that a lot of people don't. it's not a caricature that you hear about in the news. this is a guy who would go on a construction site, with a hardhat and shake their hands and thank them for the work. i've anke told me she was taught how to use the machine on a construction site when she was a kid. and she is teaching the same thing.

ronald reagan was elated. he had a popular radio show in dedicated broadcasts to the pope. in one broadcast, he summarized the pope's pilgrimage, saying it has been a long time since we saw a leader of such courage and uncompromising dedication to simple morality. a few months later in november of 1979, the former governor of california announced his candidacy for president. soon after taking office, president reagan requested a meeting with pope john paul ii. when they met in vatican city in 1982, reagan asked pope john paul ii, at what point would eastern europe be free from soviet domination. when the pope responded, in our lifetime, the president grabbed his hand and stated, let's work together. when reagan returned to the u.s. , he instructed the state department to work closely with the vatican in order -- an ordered a full-fledged embassy. in 1984, the u.s. embassy to the holy see was established. for over a century before that, america and the holy see enjoyed a warm but unofficial relationship. that was forever changed in 1984. this new relationship would exist to

ronald reagan's last speech. he says thanks to each new wave of new arrivals to this land of new opportunity we are a nation forever young, bursting with ideas on the cutting edge. always leading the world to the next frontier. this is vital to our future as a nation. he goes on to say if we ever close the door to new americans, our leadership in the world will be lost. , our ever close the door leadership would soon be lost. from that, from the vision of of ournders, the duty land with the values in our constitution first and foremost, we think there is an opportunity to work together. a sign of good faith, for them to withdrawal their assault on pre-existing conditions benefit which the republican attorney general across the country put forth in this administration said they will define the law of the land. they will do it in that lawsuit. that is wrong. that is just wrong. , in keeping with what they are saying on the campaign trail, prove it. withdraw the lawsuit. that will be one place we could start. in any

ronald reagan's last speech. he says thanks to each new wave f new arrivals to this land of new opportunity we are a nation forever young, bursting with ideas on the cutting edge. always leading the world to the next frontier. this is vital to our future as a nation. he goes on to say if we ever close the door to new americans, our leadership in the world will be lost. if we ever close the door, our leadership would soon be ost. from that, from the vision of our founders, the duty of our land with the values in our constitution first and foremost, we think there is an opportunity to work together. a sign of good faith, for them to withdrawal their assault on pre-existing conditions benefit which the republican attorney general across the country put forth in this administration said they will define the law of the land. they will do it in that lawsuit. that is wrong. hat is just wrong. we think as a sign of good faith and in keeping with what they're saying on the campaign trail, prove it. withdraw the lawsuit. t

ronald reagan's last speech. he says thanks to each new wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity. we are a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge. always leading the world to the next frontier. this is vital to our future as a nation. he goes on to say if we ever close the door to new americans, our leadership in the world will be lost. if we ever close the door, our leadership would soon be lost. from that, from the vision of our founders, the diversity of our country, the duty of our land, with the values in our constitution first and foremost, we think there is an opportunity to work together. a sign of good faith, for them to withdrawal their assault on pre-existing conditions benefit which the republican attorney generals across the country put forth and which this administration said they will define the law of the land. they will do it in that lawsuit. that is wrong. that is just wrong. we think, in keeping with what they are saying on the c

you have a part of you and the bush family have that and ronald reagan has that and bill clinton had that. .. . >> whether president or secretary of state who is here for the first time. >> i would like to give ronald reagan the last word. not far from secretary baker's office sitting up to next to president reagan as president reagan looks very puzzled and in his wonderful handwriting these subscription reads as follows dear jim i look as if i've lost if not worried you will straighten it out like you always do, ronald reagan. [laughter] i speak for all of us when i say thank you to secretary baker and president obama because they straighten the hell out a lot for us. thank you very much a lot for us. thank you very much . >> this is another but the cool thing is. >> you open it up to come out like little bubbles but they look like caviar. . >> just three or four months after the mission had opened president roosevelt was here in southern california and frank miller invited him to come here and spend the night here in that room that is the epithet of the presidential suite historica

so ronald reagan literally let all of those unions in defeating the communist. backup them interested in the the communist. backup them interested in the subject and he read a great deal about it. so he formed his own idea by the time he became governor and was already talking about these ideas of how do we overcome what was our than enemy in the cold war. you put it just now had never occurred to me just now. we listen this morning to the panel of polls talk about what communism was like. for ronald reagan in hollywood in those days it was not like living in poland. he had direct experience of them. the point where he would come to work in the studio's armed because there were threats on his life. >> watch the entire interview with ronald reagan's attorney general on the presidency, sunday at 8:00 p.m. and -- and midnight eastern on american history tv. on american history tv, historian stephen talks about his book "bureau of spies: the secret connections between espionage and journalism in washington." and espionage that took place inside the building where he

ronald reagan's last speech. each new wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we're nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge. always leading the world to the next frontier. this quality is vital to our future as a nation. it goes on to say, if we ever close the door to new americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost. we close the door our leadership will soon be lost. in that respects the vision of our founders, diversity of our contry, beauty of our land, the values in our constitution first and foremost. we think there is an opportunity to work together. good faith on the part of the president to work together we tend to withdraw their assault on the pre-existing condition benefit. which the republican attorneys general across the country have put forth and which this administration has said they will defy the law of the land. they'll join in a lawsuit. that's just wrong. that's just wrong. we think again as a sign of good faith and

reagan, i think this is d more conservative cabinet than ronald reagan had, don't you? >> laura: craig? >> i think so. also, don't forget, bill, the bench -- you were a great conservative in the cabinet, french smith, ed nice, but the bench was a lot thinner. this is a byproduct of the reagan presidency that there are a lot more talent now to be available for the trump administration that wasn't available in 1980. >> laura: think about that. think about all of the people that were waiting in the wings. to get appointed to the appellate court. all of those 50 something-year-olds, they were children of the reagan era, where they not, bill? i wouldn't be doing what i'm doing -- the left would probably love that, if i didn't work for reagan. if i didn't work for you. >> aaa and aa leagues, very highly populated with the right people. i remember, laura, at our place -- we got known as fort reagan at one point. we had 134 political appointees. i remember a senator supposed to be a republican, what are youu doing all of these appointees? i think we are doing it right, we won b

reagan, i think this is a more conservative cabinet than ronald reagan had, don't you? >> laura: craig? >> i think so. also, don't forget, bill, the bench -- you were a great conservative in the cabinet, french smith, ed nice, but the bench was a lot thinner. this is a byproduct of the reagan presidency that there are a lot more talent now to be available for the trump administration that wasn't available in 1980. >> laura: think about that. think about all of the people that were waiting in the wings to get appointed to the appellate court. all of those 50 something-year-olds, they were children of the reagan era, where they not, bill? i wouldn't be doing what i'm doing -- the law left would pry love that, if i didn't work for reagan. if i didn't work for you. >> aaa and aa leagues, very highly populated with the right people. i remember, laura, at our place -- we got known as fort reagan at one point. we had 134 political appointees. i remember a senator supposed to be a republican, what are you doing all of these appointees? i think we are doing it right, we won back

and that message became the dominant message with ronald reagan, with george w. bush. that became the republican establishment. and now the republican party, essentially, has become a nationalist, populist movement which has very little in common with the kd of conservative ideas that folks like bill buckley championed in the past. >> are there any ideas that are sort of inherently conservative and consistent with those buckley ideas that are worth defending now? >> well, of course. i mean, i still believe in a lot of the basic principles of conservatism, of preserving individual liberty, fighting for the american role in the world, standing up for free trade, smaller government at home. >> why not stay in the movement and sort of fight from it from within? >> well, i'm fighting for those principles. i don't necessarily need to be part of a broad movement, because i don't think there's much of a movement to be part of. i mean, you're talking -- you know, you're really talking never-trump conservatives, and, you know, as i like to say, there's enough of us for a dinner

ronald reagan's last speech. two new arrivals of this land of opportunity, we are a nation forever young and bursting with energy and new ideas and always on the cutting edge, always giving the world to the next french year. this -- frontier. this is vital to us. if we ever close the door to new americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost. never door on newhe leadership. and the diversity of our country ande beauty of our land, our constitution, there is an opportunity to work together. on the part of the president to work together, for them to withdraw their assault on the pre-existing condition benefit, which a republican attorneys general across the country have employed them and this administration has said it will not define the law the land. that is just wrong. of good faith, withdraw the lawsuit and that would be one place we could start. in any event, next week we look forward to welcoming the new class of freshmen. diversity,ebrate the and they will immediately be incorporated into our cons

ronald reagan. i don't know if ronald reagan is on the scale. john bolton as is understood in the new york times. the administration i don't think his way over to the right. it's more toward the center moving toward the right and i will explain what i mean. mark already kind of foreshadowed what was going to say when he asked the question is there military component to this strategy. my answer is going to be not really. not as much as one might think. let's go back and let's look at list of some of the major changes since the obama administration left office. i think they are major. and i say it that way because i've been in the last few days in an argument i can't hide my own views. i want as robust military and economic competition with iran than the american public will accept. and i have been in an argument in the last few days with my friends who share that view who are actually i don't think we are seeing a lot of this in the press but they are in morning waivers that the administration gave to the six countries to import iranian oil and s

ronald reagan." i think i speak for all of us when i think secretary baker and president obama, because they have strayed out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. mr. obama: thank you, very much. [applause] >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, indiana republican congressman jim banks will be with us to talk about his recent trip to afghanistan. and then a discussion about the u.s. asylum process with your peers of the migration policy institute. commerceyland democrat member will discuss legislation to do strengthen democracy. watch washington journal live a 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> here's a look at our live coverage wednesday. on c-span, the house is back at noon eastern for legislative business. on the agenda, several bills including one that would direct the commerce secretary to conduct a study on the development of internet connected devices in the u.s. c-span 2, british prime minister theresa m

this uses the california governor's race between ronald reagan and pat brown to show how every two years autumn is the season of campaigns and elections in the united states. ♪ >> october begins, the color in the competition. leaves compete with leaves, while men at the beginning of a political season compete with men. ♪ >> of the thousands of men who run for office across the nation, there's always one competition that becomes the star of the season. [applause] ♪ >> thank you. i thank all of you for coming out here today. it is a beautiful california day. this is part of the great american tradition for people to come out and see and hear the governor. [applause] i want to start out these few brief words by just asking you a few questions. would you please tell me what ronnie reagan has ever done for the state of california? >> [chanting] nothing! [cheering] >> listen, i know you have already met the members of our team and your new senatorial candidate, bob stevens. and i think it is wonderful that chuckconner's would -- conners would come along, because the manner in which the o

ronald reagan. i don't know if ronald reagan is on the scale. john bolton as is understood in the new york times. the administration i don't think is way over to the right. it's more toward the center moving toward the right and i will explain what i mean. mark already kind of foreshadowed what i was going to say when he asked the question is there a military component to this strategy? my answer is going to be, not really. not as much as one might think. let's go back and list some of the major changes since the obama administration who left office. i think they are major. i can't hide my own views. i want as robust Ãbas the american public will accept. and i had been in the argument in the last few days with my friends who share that view who actually i don't think we are seeing a lot of this in the press but they are in morning, the waivers that the administration gave to the six countries to import iranian oil and some of the waivers about civil nuclear corroboration with iran has led them to believe that the trump administration has comple

he was ronald reagan's second ill-fated white house chief of staff, he was arrogant, he was imperious, he was politically inept. john kelly has been all of those things and in addition to that, john kelly has been unable to build of the most important thing every white house chief of staff must do to be effective, and that is looking at the oval office, closing the door, and telling the president what he does not want to hear. just to give you a recent example, they would have signed off on the appointment of whitaker, as acting attorney general, compromised as he obviously is. and so it's just the latest example of kelly being very ineffective as white house chief. greta brawner what characteristics does mr. kelly have that you think don't work as a chief of staff, and what characteristics does a successful chief of staff need to have? chris whipple i mentioned the arrogance. i mentioned that he has been politically inept. you know, there's another thing that i think he has as a real weakness, and that is that john kelly has reinforced all of donald trump's worst partisan instincts.

ronald reagan. i don't know if ronald reagan is on that end of the scale. john bolton, as he is understood in the new york times. the administration i don't think is way over to the right. it's more toward the center moving toward the right, and i will explain what i mean. mark already kind of foreshadowed what i was going to say when he asked the question is there is there a military , component to this strategy? my answer is going to be, not really. not as much as one, as one might think. let's go back and list some of the major changes since the obama administration left office. i think they are major. i can't hide my own views. i want, as robust and american competition with iran as the american public will accept. i have been in the argument in the last few days with my friends who share that view who are actually -- i don't think we are seeing a lot of this in the mourning. they are in the waivers that the administration gave to the six countries to import iranian oil and some of the waivers about civil nuclear corroboration with iran has has led them

ronald reagan. i think i speak for all of us when i thank secretary baker and president obama because they've straightened out a hell of a lot for us. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause]. [inaudible conversations] >> the u.s. senate is about to meet, going to continue debate this morning on president trump's pick for deputy for the commerce department. senators plan to recess for an hour at 11 eastern to hear from secretary of state mike pompeo and defense secretary mattis on saudi arabia and assistance to yemens. votes at 12:15 on karen kelly for deputy commerce secretary and limiting debate over thomas farr for u.s. district judge for the eastern district of north carolina. he is an attorney who represented north carolina republicans in congressional redistricting and voter i.d. cases. also possible in the senate today, a request by senators flakes and coons to bring up a bill to protect robert mueller from political interference. now live to the floor of the u.s. senate, here on c-span2

it is just over half an hour. >> ronald reagan and pope john paul ii, a partnership that changed the world. today, we are in washington at a conference devoted to that subject. with us today, an eyewitness to the relationship tween president reagan and pope john paul ii, the former attorney general, edwin meese iii. [a

. >> sunday at 8 pm eastern on the presidency point ronald reagan's attorney general talks about president reagan's view on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two people, both leaders, one of the secondary -- religious world with parallel interests. when those interests were obvious as to what happened in poland there where they were under attack if you will, then it was logical that ronald reagan particularly with his ideas about defeating communism would cooperate. >> next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span 3. >> which party will control the house and senate? watch c-span's election night coverage starting tuesday at 8 pm eastern as the results come in from house and senate around the country. here victory and concession speeches from the candidates. at 7:30 a.m. eastern on wednesday we will get your reaction taking your calls live. c-span, resource for campaign 2018. >> we take it back now to detroit, michigan on september 30, 1968, for another hour-long broadcast from the nixon camp

reagan famously took a no holds barred approach to central america under reagan's administration the u.s. aided the staging of a coup and guatemala and spent years propping up those who carried it out despite legitimate accusations of human rights abuses much the same can be said for el salvador where billions of u.s. dollars was poured into a government that was slaughtering its citizens meanwhile as the u.s. worked to overthrow a government in a neighboring country was flooded with u.s. soldiers aid in arms and joint bases greatly strengthening the militarization of hunger and society the one nine hundred eighty s. where the us set up this walk of. water on the wall used to the us so ordered brutal dictatorships that surprised us most. of the country and it really has destroyed the ability of people to make the really cross for since the one nine hundred eighty s. central american migration has skyrocketed and surprisingly. and with that comes deportations remember how much trump loves to talk about the infamous m s thirteen criminal gang vile criminal cartel m.s. thirteen the sava

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reagan famously took a no holds barred approach to central america under reagan's administration the u.s. aided the staging of a coup and guatemala and spent years propping up those who carried it out despite legitimate accusations of human rights abuses much the same can be said for el salvador where billions of u.s. dollars was poured into a government that was slaughtering its citizens meanwhile as the u.s. work to overthrow a government in a neighboring country was flooded with u.s. soldiers aid in arms and joint bases greatly strengthening the militarization of hunger and society the one nine hundred eighty s. were the us this was you know so water on the wall used the us so ordered brutal dictatorships that surprised us most. of the country and it really has destroyed the ability of people to make. cross for since the one nine hundred eighty s. central american migration has skyrocketed and surprisingly. and with that comes deportations remember how much trump loves to talk about the infamous m s thirteen criminal gang vile criminal cartel m.s. thirteen the savages of m.s. thir

reagan famously took a no holds barred approach to central america under reagan's administration the us aided the staging of a coup in guatemala and spent years propping up those who carried it out despite legitimate accusations of human rights abuses much the same can be said for el salvador where billions of u.s. dollars was poured into a government that was slaughtering its citizens meanwhile as the u.s. worked to overthrow a government in a neighboring country was flooded with u.s. soldiers aid in arms and joint bases greatly strengthening the militarization of hunger and society the nineteen eighties were the us this was you know so. on the wall used the us so ordered brutal dictatorships that surprised us mostly hasn't it. of the country and it really has destroyed the ability of people to make their revenge and across her since the one nine hundred eighty central american migration has skyrocketed and surprisingly and with that comes deportations remember how much trump loves to talk about the infamous m s thirteen criminal gang vile criminal cartel m.-s. thirteen the savages

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what happened to the days of ronald reagan? when he sat down with tip o'neal and they hung out together in the white house this he was a democratic leader and ronald reagan republican they were sitting down every day having a good time talking and schmoozing. yes they would go out and do their rhetoric and dialogue and attacking each other. but they got things done. the amount of things that got done in the 80s because he was a very inclusive president. that's why he's one of my idols. the republicans throw his name around all the time but they're full of crap. because if you're a true ronald reagan republican you are inclusive and you do not see the other party as the enemy. you see them as your team partners because we all know from sports again that you cannot win a basketball game if you don't have your team together, if they're arguing or if they're split. touf have the with whole team. that's the bottom line. the same in politics. democrats and republicans have to work together because then you have 100% of the brain powe

what happened to the days of ronald reagan? and tip o'neill, and they hung out together in the white house. he was the democratic leader and a ronald reagan, republican, they were sitting down together and having a good time and talking. he didn't go out and do their rhetoric and their dialogue and attacking each other but they got things done. the amount of things not done in the 80s and ronald reagan came into office because he was an inclusive president. that's why he's one of my idols. the republicans throw his name around all the time but they are full of crap because if you're a true ronald reagan republican, you are inclusive and you do not be the other party as the enemy. you see them as your team partners because we all know from sports again that you cannot win a basketball game if you don't have your team together, if you're arguing. you have to have the whole team, that's the bottom line . democrats and republicans have to work together because if you have 100 percent of the brainpower rather than 50 percent, that's

baker was a 50-year-old texas attorney who could walk into the oval office," or, and tell ronald reagan the hard truth. need to getyou stuff done on capitol hill. agenda,legislative there's been talk about the chief of staff to vice president byce, and i'm sure he is, all accounts, a very smart guy. and he's politically savvy, obviously, the bar is pretty low after john kelly. but i wonder if he is the guy who can walk into the oval office and tell donald trump what he does not want to hear. host: why do you wonder that? guest: i think that's a tough order for somebody with as much experience as he has had. dick cheney was 35 years old when he became white house chief. but there are very few people who walk the face of this earth who can walk in, confront a donald trump, and tell him hard truth. order fort a tall anybody, much less somebody with his experience. host: texas, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for this call. as far as president trump considering the changes, i mean, it's really difficult because he himself has to really want to change. it's him. you c